Young People Sure Can Sleep Anywhere

Fujino turned his head. "This surveillance camera should have a video recording function, right?"

"That's right, there really is."

The waiter nodded. "This seat should have been used to record Mr. Vito and his group."

"If that's the case, then we'll find the murderer very quickly!"

Juzo Megure felt that solving the case was not so simple. "In that case, let's quickly take you to see the video recording from when the incident occurred!"

"OK..."

Led by the waiter, the group headed to the staff lounge of the arcade.

Conan stood there speechlessly, looking up at the surveillance camera.

We finally gained the upper hand, but we lost so completely...

Blanch!

Why would there be surveillance cameras in a place like this?

Conan sighed, but a sudden metallic clanging sound pulled him back to reality.

Upon hearing this, he looked around, a cold, pale light flashing in his glasses, and a slight upturn at the corners of his mouth.

Soon, the police found several people who had been in contact with Vito in the surveillance footage.

They were Shimizu Takahiro, who had played against him, Emori Toshiyuki, the taxi driver who came to play the game, and Jodie, who was sitting next to him at the time.

Soon, the group was called to the monitor screen in the staff break room.

"Mr. Zhishui, may I ask what you were doing at the time?"

Megure pointed to the footage on the monitor screen, "After all, you did say something to Vito on the monitor."

"I just wanted to test what strategy he was planning to use."

Zhi Shui explained, "But in the end, it was of no use at all, and I got a good beating from him."

Megure turned around and adjusted the screen. "So what were you doing when you bent down after you left?"

"When I left, I accidentally dropped the lighter on the ground."

Zhishui thought for a moment, "I was just bending down to pick up a lighter."

"So that's how it is..."

Megure nodded, as if agreeing with his statement, then turned back to continue reviewing the surveillance footage, "After the match started, Ran, Sonoko, and Conan left, leaving only Jodie- sensei sitting next to the victim."

"Oh, that's how it is."

Jodie's tone was still strange. "But I was so focused on playing the game that I didn't have a chance to notice anything else. After all, Fujino was really too difficult to deal with, and I lost in the end."

Were you playing video games with Fujino at the time?

Megure frowned and turned to look at Fujino: "Brother, is that so?"

"Um."

Fujino nodded. "At the time, I was indeed playing a game with Ms. Jodie, but she crossed the finish line around the same time as me, and we both broke the game record."

"I also believe that this foreign woman is innocent."

Shimizu Takahiro chimed in, "After all, in this kind of racing game, even a moment's distraction, or taking your hand off the steering wheel even slightly, could lead to crashing into a mountain and failing."

"In that case, you're the only suspect left, Mr. Jiang Shou."

Juzo Megure pulled up another surveillance video and looked suspiciously at an elderly man who had come with him. He was wearing a red knitted hat, had a small beard, and had a somewhat unkempt appearance.

"I was picking up coins!"

Jiang Shou seemed somewhat helpless. "When you get to middle age, your hands just don't obey you anymore. I was planning to buy a cup of coffee from the vending machine so I'd have the energy to drive the night shift later, but as soon as I reached into my pocket, the coins fell to the ground..."

"Collecting coins?"

Megure's expression was somewhat strange. "You mean your coin just happened to fall to the ground?"

"Yes."

Jiang Shou sighed, "Although I do dislike him quite a bit, it's not enough to kill him. After all, his gaming skills are indeed quite good... well, just not as good as that guy over there."

"That's not necessarily true. Maybe you killed someone in a fit of rage."

Zhi Shui said in a sarcastic tone, "After all, the last time you lost a racing game, he gave you a good, loud taunt, saying things like, 'If you don't want to kick the bucket soon, don't ride in your taxi...'"

"If that's the case, then your motive for murder is even greater than mine."

Jiang Shou glanced at him and retorted, "After all, that guy is your precious sister's boyfriend, and you've always wanted him to break up with your sister."

"Boy friend?"

Megure looked at the two of them, appearing somewhat puzzled.

"Yeah, that Vito Oto recently started living with his sister. Apparently, the unemployed guy even needs the woman to pay him off. Of course, he's the one who hangs out at the arcade all day, so he doesn't really have any right to say anything."

Jiang Shou, having made himself a suspect, decided to implicate everyone else as well. "Besides, that waiter is one of the people who most wants him dead, right? After all, half a year ago he was the somewhat famous 'Mihua Pastra,' but after being defeated and thoroughly mocked by that guy, he disappeared without a trace. He just recently changed his clothes and came back to work as a waiter... Could it be that he came back specifically to kill him...?"

Before Jiang Shou could finish speaking, the door to the staff break room was pushed open.

"Inspector Megure, the autopsy results are in!"

A police officer rushed in with an investigation report. "We detected poison in the victim's blood. The poison is Tetrodotoxin, injected into the inside of the right arm, reaching an artery..."

"Tetrodotoxin, commonly known as TTX, can be fatal with just 1 milligram, which is one-hundredth the amount of Potassium Cyanide."

Jodie's tone suddenly became normal, full of scientific explanation. "This poison is usually only found in the body of pufferfish. If you eat it, there is a possibility of being saved. But if you inject it or it dissolves directly in your blood, it will produce an anesthetic effect in a short time and kill you."

"Ms. Jodie..."

Fujino looked at Jodie speechlessly.

Now that she speaks fluently, her naturally naive personality has disappeared.

Wow, you get excited about your old job as an FBI agent, huh?

"A friend of mine told me that!"

Jodie laughed and continued to explain in a strange tone, "He told me to be careful of pufferfish before I came to Japan."

"No, no, no, I didn't mean you know about pufferfish poison."

Fujino shook his head. "I mean, your Japanese has suddenly become much more fluent."

"Oh—?!"

Jodie was clearly taken aback. "Was my Japanese just now very good?"

"Yes!"

"That's right, your Japanese was very standard just now!"

Ran and Sonoko both nodded in agreement.

That's quite surprising!

Jodie scratched her head. "Although people have said it before, I never expected that my Japanese would be so good when I spoke it unconsciously."

Conan stood to the side, his eyes slightly narrowed, his glasses flashing a chilling white light once more.

The moment he heard about pufferfish poison, his mind suddenly exploded!

He now knows who the murderer is.

"Hmph..."

Conan gave a light snort and looked at Fujino: 'This time it's finally my turn!'

But then he thought about it again and fell into deep thought.

Although he already knew who the murderer was, he couldn't reveal it using his own identity.

How about a classic, brutal anesthesia procedure?

Conan frowned and began searching for this unlucky guy.

First, he looked at the Sonoko.

Sonoko are a good choice.

However, it would seem somewhat unreasonable for Fujino to be present in this situation.

With that guy's observational skills, he could probably spot it at a glance.

Yeah, I gave up.

As for Ran...

He couldn't bear to part with it, so he passed on it immediately.

Jodie is a good choice.

But you can't just knock someone unconscious the first time you meet them.

At last...

Hmph, now only Fujino is left.

Fujino is the best choice.

The other party is a detective, and their reasoning is very logical.

As for what happened when she fell into a coma...

Didn't that guy get into a car accident?

Let's go straight for the amnesia technique...

Absolutely reasonable!

It was absolutely not a matter of settling personal scores.

Although I've never been anesthetized before, I can give it a try.

Hehe, I choose you, Fujino!

"Ahem..."

Megure coughed lightly. "In short, let's hurry up and re-examine the scene!"

Just as everyone was about to leave, Conan suddenly grinned with a strange smile.

He raised his wrist and got into position.

Turn on the aiming dial and aim at Fujino's nape.

The entire sequence of movements was performed in one smooth motion.

'I'm so sorry, Fujino!'

"Biu~"

Fujino also sensed that something was wrong at this point.

I feel a chill on the back of my neck...

Could it be Conan?

No way...

As he pondered, Fujino felt a growing premonition.

Out of the corner of my eye, I saw a Tranquilizer Dart flying towards me.

"..."

It really was Tranquilizer Dart.

Fujino sighed and stretched.

The suit jacket, with the arms outstretched, protected the neck.

The Tranquilizer Dart struck the suit directly and got stuck firmly.

Conan: "..."

It was a wasted effort.

What's wrong with Fujino?

That's Tranquilizer Dart!

Why should we raise our shoulders at crucial moments?

For a moment, Conan was completely bewildered.

This Tranquilizer Dart was his only one.

What should I do if I get stuck?

Conan finally came to his senses and realized that his disguise was about to be exposed. He quickly hid his watch behind his back and looked up to see Fujino's reaction.

"..."

Fujino thought for a moment, then turned his head, looked around, and frowned.

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"Little Brother Conan, did you see anything just now?"

Fujino acted as if nothing had happened and asked Conan, "Why do I feel like something hit my neck just now?"

There's nothing there...

A bead of cold sweat trickled down Conan's temple.

If the Tranquilizer Dart hits, that's fine.

It missed, which is hard to explain...

"Is there nothing there?"

Fujino scratched his head. "It's probably just my imagination."

"Hmm, it must be your imagination. I'm right here watching, there's nothing there at all."

Conan nodded repeatedly, and at the same time breathed a sigh of relief.

"But I've been dealing with so many cases lately, it's really putting a lot of pressure on me..."

"Oops, my shoelace is untied..."

Fujino pretended not to care.

I squatted down to retie my shoelaces.

"A great opportunity!"

Conan was overjoyed upon seeing this.

Fujino failed and has become suspicious.

Hmm, we can't anesthetize him anymore...

Conan, with his next target in mind, slowly walked forward.

He planned to remove the Tranquilizer Dart from Fujino's back.

After all, he only had one of these.

It must be reused.

Fujino also sensed Conan approaching and glanced at him out of the corner of his eye.

Although he was prepared, he still felt a bit angry when he thought about how he had almost been drugged by this kid.

This kid needs to be taught a lesson...

Thinking of this, he smiled slightly and stood up.

'Biu~'

Actually, there is no biu.

It was just that the Tranquilizer Dart stuck in Fujino's suit 'coincidentally' bumped into Conan's chin.

Conan: "..."

It feels like the Tranquilizer Dart pierced my own skin?

Depend on!

Conan quickly pulled the Tranquilizer Dart off his neck and put it in his pocket.

However, Professor Agasa's Tranquilizer Dart are exceptionally effective.

Just a moment later, he felt a little dizzy.

Oh no, the drug is kicking in!

Is this Tranquilizer Dart really that potent?

Conan took two steps back, clutching his head and muttering to himself with resentment.

He looked up at Fujino, his expression even more resentful.

Fujino, what a joke! Why did he have to tie his shoelaces at such a crucial moment!

Now it's even gotten stuck on me...

Damn it, I knew I shouldn't have let the doctor apply such a strong anesthetic...

"Little Brother Conan, what's wrong?"

Fujino then turned around, looking at Conan with an innocent expression, a warm smile on his face, and even a hint of worry.

"No... it's nothing..."

Conan covered his head and looked at Fujino's kind expression, feeling a little guilty. "I just feel a little dizzy."

"Could it be that he has caught a cold?"

Fujino smiled and stepped forward, patting Conan's head. "It would be troublesome if he caught a cold."

"No, it's okay..."

Conan propped his eyelids open, a slight twitch at the corner of his mouth, feeling somewhat uncomfortable with Fujino's behavior.

After all, the guy's previous show of concern was just a pretext for mocking or plotting against him.

Could it be the same thing this time...?

But before he could even understand, his thoughts gradually became sluggish.

Then, he simply lay down on the ground.

It was like falling into a baby's sleep.

"Fujino- Senior..."

Ran suddenly came back at this moment, looked at Conan lying on the ground and asked in confusion, "What's wrong with Conan?"

"They must be asleep."

Fujino glanced at Conan and laughed, "It's good to be young, you can fall asleep as soon as your head hits the pillow."

"Asleep?"

Ran looked confused and hesitated for a moment.

She wondered, "Isn't Fujino- Senior only a year older than me?"

Why am I no longer young...?

However, her focus was not on that, but on Conan.

She felt that this state shouldn't be considered as being asleep...

No normal person would lie down on a concrete floor and fall asleep with their head tilted back...